a suspicious item was found near a car. the bomb squad has been called in and we will continue to follow this story and bring you updates as they come into our newsroom. they are trying to figure out how a homeless manhattan anded to stock pile weapons and ammunition. they arrested him in the park ten days ago. they shared with ktvu channel 2 morning news exclusive photos. some included 1,500 rounds of ammunition, said off shotgun knife and marijuana. they first encountered him after a neighbor complained. >> after they asked simple questions and they were not answered they detained him for a minute tall health evaluation. >> during that encounter, they confiscated a loaded gun and

rifle. he faces several felony charges. the man suspected of killing sierra lemar is due in court today. here is more on this morning's plea for garcia torres. >> well, the arrangement is expected to get underway in just about five hours from now. >> reporter: he is accused of kidnapping and murdering the teen sierra lemar. he was arrested back in may and is expected to finally enter a plea. she never showed up for school and numerous searches have turned up quite a bit of evidence and they still have not found her body. searchers have been searching every week since she went

missing. the search is up and running and the santa clara d.a.'s office has not said what they will ask for the death penalty. we will be here covering his arrangement and we will have all the latest details on ktvu channel 2 morning news. the mother of a parole lee accidentally shot himself and is now failing to pay immune any fair. his mother filed a lawsuit saying the police have responsibility for her son's death and they failed to give him proper medical attention. they are investigating the 34th and 4 e35th homicide of

the year. coming up, we will find out what led to the shooting of the the two men. we are learning the cause of the fire of an oakland home. several people escaped the fast moving flames. >> reporter: one woman was crying saying she was happy everybody made it out alive but still she lost everything. let's look at the video. flames broke out and six people were inside when the fires started. one man had to climb out of a window. >> i told me brother and he came running over here and saw

the electricity sparking. >> reporter: now it is a seven engine, two trucks to keep the flames from spreading to nearby homes, but coming up, what made this so tough for firefighters to fight. and san jose police is losing officers at an alarming rate. they started the mass exodus back in june. 29 officers have resigned so far this year and 19 other officers are planning to retire. it is the first time since resignations have out paced. >> they at least have to feel financially secure. they are hopeingfor 50 new

recruits and a ruling is expected on whether they will go to court. the largest fire district is considering to ask people for a five year dark. less end cop from property taxes and rising pension and healthcare costs are to blame. without parcels. 28 firefighters have been laid off and people in this area will have to pay $155 for state firefighter services. cal fair said the fee is necessary to fight fires in difficult financial times but they plan to fight as soon as the bill arrives in august.

let's charge the commute. >> hello allie, and there are some problems and i band to ask the guys in the control room for a map but it is a problem we thought would go away but it has not. if it is the first time we have of 080. 580 itself is still doing well heading out to livermore and pleasanton. let's look at the line, this is a look at the east shore freeway and traffic looks good heading out to the mcarthur maze, no major problems heading out and remember 880 has road closures you can't get on the freeway at high street or any

of ramps leading up to 5th really, taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza this traffic looks good getting out to the toll plaza area -- toll plaza area, so far a didn't come mute. it is a far cry from anything we saw yesterday however there is a sea breeze tropical clouds are staying to the south, high pressure is still in charge, temperatures are warming, some are mild to warm. southwest 15 keeping an eye on that for temperatures. it is a fight, they will start to work their way towards us not until the end of the week.

60, 70s and 80 degrees, they are more of a westerly breeze patchy fog near the coach. upper for cast no big changes as we go to the middle of the week and we will have a cooler pattern by the weekend, allie. the records she had while leading the water team to victory, plus mitt romney wraps up his trip overseas and the we will have the course that has followed him -- the controversy that has followed him across europe. so far traffic looks good on the will bow pass grade -- willow pass grade, we will have more coming straight ahead.

. good morning, just some patchy fog, temperatures close to yesterday, maybe a degree or

two cooler, far enough inland some upper 90s. they have released amber alert -- an amber alert. she was kidnapped by her boyfriend following a double homicide at his family home. the victims have no known relationship to the homeowners. it is believed they may be traveling to mexico. salazar is a person of interest in the double homicide. the man accused in the deadly colorado shootings is facing major charges this morning. he was charged with 24 charges and two counts each for the 12 people killed and injured. it will recreate more -- create more options. two soldiers have been

killed. john jacobs died when he encountered an explosive device. he was the third man killed in afghanistan this year. the 25-year-old was also killed by an explosive device. they will continue to look at what caused the new superman park ride to break down. on sunday dozens of passengers became stranded 150 feet in the air when the ride suddenly stopped. nobody was hurt but the superman ride will remain closed until the park determines what went wrong. the republican championship, about an hour ago, mitt romney spoke at the university of warsaw and

congratulated poland on its economic success. >> at a time of slow down and stag nation, your economy last year out performed all the other nations of europe. >> mitt romney's overseas trip has not been without controversy. in london, he offended great britain's preparations for the olympics and also upset the palestinians. meanwhile president barack obama has been trying to catch up to his republican opponent in campaign fundraising. tomorrow he will attend campaign fundraisers. opening statements are said to begun by apple and samsung. they say they are knock offs of apple i pads. the company claims apple stole

its ideas. they are asking 2. $5 billion and if they win it will be the largest patent verdicts ever. and we don't have that many problems and i want to mention, there is road work going on and in parts of alameda county and let's take a look at the east shore. there is no word work on the east shore coming to university avenue so you can be sure traffic is moving well and as you can see it is moving well, no major problems getting to the city. and traffic is moving a honk nicely. let's go to steve. a little bit of patchy fog on the san mateo coast, we had a little bit of a push,

temperatures warmed up, we have a stronger sea breeze, fso skies are mostly clear, there it still a lot of 50s and 60s san jose 62. san jose 63. it looks like even slightly cooler around the bay, 80 degrees and 90s well inland. it is mostly clear and should be really nice by the coast. 60s and a few upper 90s and that will take us right to the weekend, allie. and they are increasing patrol after a double homicide there. police were called just after 1:00 yesterday afternoon after

a large brawl broke out. two men in their 20s had been shot in their head. they later died at the hospital. they are not sure how many suspects they had been looking for because the people involved in that fight were looking a way after they were shot. they had a physical altercation after one person witnessed this. >> 6 people have been killed since may. the entire city has seen 44 and there were 50 in all of 2011. a 20-year-old man was stabbed several times in his own home. the victim's mother said a friend of her son's first barged in and shot at him and missed. then he started stabbing him. >> he was stabbing the hell out of my son. >> the two of them prior to

this were online playing video games against each other. >> he is expected to survive his injuries and the 17-year- old suspect was or rested and -- arrested and booked on charges of attempted murder. it will take weeks to figure out what hatched on a party bus. a 20-year-old woman were reportedly fighting as they drove, both fell out the door, nobody was killed. both will be okay. investigators are still trying to figure out what happened. state regulators say they passed an inspection in march. here is a look at the progress notes first reported

on. they will go up simultaneously. they will begin putting in risers for the seats and they expect to have the stadium ready for the start of the 2014 season. and she is making the most of her first appearance. maggie scored 7 goals in the water pole low win over hungry after it ties the record. there are seven winners including maggie's older sister jessica. each country has 17 metals but china has 9 golds compared to italy and france. today rounded out the top 5 including the women's gymnastics team fighting. the tune speak item that police

hope will lead you to his killer. how many people are left in the dark and why.

. it has been eight and a half years since drew peterson's wife was found dead in a bathtub.

he remains under suspicion for his 4th wife. the trial has been postponed for the past two years and it is expected to last about a month. a machine gunned down in front of his east oakland home. the suspect is still on the loose and a $10,000 reward is being offered if you can help with the most recent homicide. he was shot to death after being robbed when he came home late friday night. it happened on 13th avenue. a unique wallet was stolen and has a picture of a $1,000 mexican pay so bill. police hope that could lead them to the wallet but for now they are on high alert. >> for all the people who live here now, everybody is scared. they can't even walk to the grocery store because of the same fear. >> reporter: oakland police are

asking for the public's help. anybody who knows anything about this crime please give crime stoppers a call. >> thomas is wanted for shooting at a police officer. he is 5-foot 5 inches tall and short black hair and glasses. he was involved in an incident where a car rammed a chp car on interstate 880. somebody shot several rounds into the chp car shattering the back window. the officer was not hit. police have arrested the other three men in connection with the event. and there are more than 600 people left in the dark. there have been problems with the collection grid and the same thing happened making this

the second day of outages. let's get a look at traffic with sal castaneda, is it getting better? it is getting better, allie, we have some improvement with the road work and all. we have 580 and there is a truck crash and if you come on 205 give yourself some extra time, lanes are blocked there. i want to show you 880 pause of the road work, we could be picking it up soon. and the morning drive is looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza, so good about the toll plaza. and there is always some patchy fog on the san mateo coast and it will be nice on the coast and temperatures are mainly 60s and breezy mild for the bay warm to hot inland

although every forecast model and there is four of them were cooler today. i can't ignore them. it will sunny and northwest at fso. mountain view is in there concord is close, hayward close a lot of tropical clouds staying south for now, maybe later in the week they may show, 6 by the coast, it will be in the 90s to near 100 degrees. 97 degrees for others if you are well inland. it does look like a warmup on thursday and it does look like

a cooling trends on saturday. we have had slides beginning saturday allie . we posted this iphone video on you tube. he says apple plans to unveil the next one on july 12. he correctly predicted when the ipad 3 would be released. these are pictures of a baby bald eagle and this is the first since harmful chemicals destroyed them years ago. the first bald eagle back is a very good sign. >> it means a very good environment not just for bald eagles but for humans. >> they say there are about half a dozen bald eagle nests

in the bay area. fewer people, only three bay area students, cal state and foam a state and for now they have -- sonoma state and for now recent budget cuts have limited the numbers this year. they are looking at a federal take over and that's following a disturbing discovery. and a fire in the east bay, we will hear from people who escaped the flames. cçrrú

. new calls this morning for a federal take over after a report, the controversial photos that is raising some serious questions. plus the cause of what some people are calling funky water in marin, it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. complete bay area news coverage starts right